Taped-Up Tomokaze Gets His First Win With a Trademark Hatakikomi
East Juryo 11 Tomokaze (Nakamura) slapped down East Juryo 14 Hadeyama (Tamanoi) on Day 4 for his first win of the basho, Sports Hochi reports. He hit, pressed forward and slammed Hadeyama down with his right hand on the back of his neck. 'I've had bad sumo for a while, so I was thinking about going forward,' he said with a small smile. He had worn a brace on his injured right knee on Day 3 and took it off because 'I moved kind of badly yesterday,' but his right leg was still wrapped from the thigh to the knee. He is 1-3.